Morrisville high school locked down for part of morning

3:49 PM,
Feb. 11, 2013

Written by

Thomas Gounley
TGOUNLEY@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Marion C. Early High School in Morrisville was in lockdown for more than an hour Monday morning as authorities searched for a man near campus.

Principal Leane McNay said the school was contacted by a dispatcher from the Polk County Sheriff's Office and told to go into lockdown mode. She said the the dispatcher said that the sheriff's office and Missouri State Highway Patrol were doing the search.

"They just wanted to make sure we took every precaution," McNay said. ...